Jack Humby, Author at British Antarctic Survey

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Jack Humby

Ice Chemistry Lab Manager

As the Ice Chemistry Lab Manager, I am responsible for our precious ice core samples and maintaining and developing our ice core analysis laboratories. I specialise in continuous flow analysis (CFA) of ice core samples, and led the Beyond EPICA Oldest Ice analysis campaign at BAS in 2025. This was the oldest ever continuous ice core at 1.2+ million years old.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Allen, Claire S. . McCulloch, Robert D. . Perren, Bianca B. . McGuire, Amy. Segato, Delia . Temme, Franziska. Fürst, Johannes J. . Moser, Dorothea . Fernandoy, Francisco . Rada, Camilo . Humby, Jack . Miller, Shaun. (2025) The First Firn Core From the Cordillera Darwin Icefield: Implications for Future Ice Core Research.

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Allen, Claire S. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Humby, Jack . (2025) Use of excess meltwater from continuous flow analysis systems for the analysis of low concentration insoluble microparticles in ice cores.

Wolff, Eric W. . Mulvaney, Robert . Grieman, Mackenzie M. . Hoffmann, Helene M. Humby, Jack . Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph . Rhodes, Rachael H. Rowell, Isobel F. Sime, Louise C. . Fischer, Hubertus . Stocker, Thomas F. . Landais, Amaelle . Parrenin, Frédéric . Steig, Eric J. . Dütsch, Marina . Golledge, Nicholas R. . (2025) The Ronne Ice Shelf survived the last interglacial.

2024

Hartz, William F. Björnsdotter, Maria K. Yeung, Leo W. Y. Humby, Jack D. . Eckhardt, Sabine. Evangeliou, Nikolaos. Ericson Jogsten, Ingrid. Kärrman, Anna. Kallenborn, Roland. (2024) Sources and Seasonal Variations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Surface Snow in the Arctic.

Hoffmann, Helene. Day, Jason. Rhodes, Rachael H. Grieman, Mackenzie. Humby, Jack . Rowell, Isobel. Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph. Mulvaney, Robert . Gibson, Sally. Wolff, Eric. (2024) Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry measurements for high-resolution chemical ice core analyses with a first application to an ice core from Skytrain Ice Rise (Antarctica).

Strawson, Ivo. Faïn, Xavier. Bauska, Thomas K. . Muschitiello, Francesco. Vladimirova, Diana O. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Humby, Jack . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Liu, Pengfei. Zhang, Bingqing. Grilli, Roberto. Rhodes, Rachael H. (2024) Historical Southern Hemisphere biomass burning variability inferred from ice core carbon monoxide records.

2023

Mulvaney, Robert . Wolff, Eric W. Grieman, Mackenzie M. Hoffmann, Helene H. Humby, Jack D. . Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph. Rhodes, Rachael H. Rowell, Isobel F. Parrenin, Frédéric. Schmidely, Loïc. Fischer, Hubertus. Stocker, Thomas F. Christl, Marcus. Muscheler, Raimund. Landais, Amaelle. Prié, Frédéric. (2023) The ST22 chronology for the Skytrain Ice Rise ice core – Part 2: An age model to the last interglacial and disturbed deep stratigraphy.

Thomas, Elizabeth R.. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Emanuelsson, Daniel B. . Humby, Jack . Turner, Simon D. Rose, Neil L. Roberts, Sarah L. Gaca, Pawel. Cundy, Andrew B. (2023) The Palmer ice core as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series.

Hartz, William F. Björnsdotter, Maria K. Yeung, Leo W.Y. Hodson, Andrew. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Humby, Jack D. . Day, Chris. Jogsten, Ingrid Ericson. Kärrman, Anna. Kallenborn, Roland. (2023) Levels and distribution profiles of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a high Arctic Svalbard ice core.

2022

Emanuelsson, B. Daniel . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Humby, Jack D. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . (2022) Decadal Scale Variability of Larsen Ice Shelf Melt Captured by Antarctic Peninsula Ice Core.

Hoffmann, Helene M. Grieman, Mackenzie M. King, Amy C.F. . Epifanio, Jenna A. Martin, Kaden. Vladimirova, Diana. Pryer, Helena. Doyle, Emily. Schmidt, Axel. Humby, Jack D. . Rowell, Isobel F. Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Mulvaney, Robert . Wolff, Eric W. (2022) The ST22 chronology for the Skytrain Ice Rise ice core – Part 1: A stratigraphic chronology of the last 2000 years.

Emanuelsson, B. Daniel . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Humby, Jack D. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . (2022) Ice core chronologies from the Antarctic Peninsula: The Palmer, Jurassic, and Rendezvous age-scales.

2021

Björnsdotter, M.K. Hartz, W.F. Kallenborn, R. Yeung, L.W.Y. Humby, J.D. . Kärrman, A. Jogsten, I.E. (2021) Levels and seasonal trends of C1-C4 perfluoroalkyl acids and the discovery of trifluoromethane sulfonic acid in surface snow in the Arctic.

Grieman, Mackenzie M. Hoffmann, Helene M. Humby, Jack D. . Mulvaney, Robert . Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph. Rix, Julius . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Tuckwell, Rebecca . Wolff, Eric W. (2021) Continuous flow analysis methods for sodium, magnesium and calcium detection in the Skytrain ice core.

Tetzner, D., Thomas, E., Allen, C., McCulloch, R., Perren, B., McGuire, A., Segato, D., Moser, D., Humby, J., & Miller, S. (2025). Major ions, Stable water isotopes, Microparticle (dust, diatoms, pollen and spores) and electrical conductivity records from the first Cordillera Darwin ice core 2017 – 2020 CE (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/2d9b5828-45d2-4361-b23b-cf027c15e97c
Tetzner, D., Temme, F., & Furst, J. (2025). ERA5 daily downscaled surface air temperature and snowfall at two Cordillera Darwin high elevation sites 2000 – 2022 CE (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/eddc907c-f8e9-48c4-9f23-de0f674dbee0
Emanuelsson, D., Thomas, E., Humby, J., & Vladimirova, D. (2022). Water-stable isotope (d18O, dD), sodium (23Na), and magnesium (24Mg) Continuous Flow Analysis data for the Palmer ice core, Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula, 1621-2011 C.E. (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/cb159b6c-a4b3-4245-80fd-4b4e8122a858
Emanuelsson, D., Thomas, E., Tetzner, D., Humby, J., & Vladimirova, D. (2022). Age scales for the Palmer, Jurassic, and Rendezvous Antarctic Peninsula Ice Cores (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b3eca350-79aa-49b2-bd6b-ffee86ad6559

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